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Transparency International says Saudi Arabia’s steps toward anti-corruption treaty a good first move

31 January 2013, Transparency International Secretariat. Transparency International welcomed Saudi Arabia taking the necessary steps at the national level last week to ratify the United Nations Conventions against Corruption (UNCAC) as a first move toward greater transparency and accountability in…

An Open Letter to President Karzai and President Obama

Kabul, 6 January 2013, Afghan Anti-Corruption Network. It is announced that H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and H.E. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America will meet this week in the US and…

SERAP to Jonathan: show leadership and end impunity for corruption

Lagos, 6 January 2013, SERAP. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told President Goodluck Jonathan that “rooting out high level official corruption, ending impunity of perpetrators, and turning around Nigeria will take more than mere promises and preaching of…

What’s up in the UNCAC review process?

13 December 2012, Gillian Dell. The UNCAC review process entered its third year in July 2012 and continues to assess national UNCAC implementation in the areas of criminal law and enforcement as well as international cooperation. The good news is…

Monitoring the OAS Anti-Corruption Convention implementation – country visit to Argentina

12 December 2012, by Ezequiel Nino, ACIJ. At the end of October a delegation of experts from the Follow-up Mechanism of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption visited Argentina, in the framework of the Fourth Round of review. A few meetings…

Civil society training on UNCAC monitoring

12 December 2012, by Adam Foldes, Transparency International. For any conference or workshop I attend, I have a very simple standard to assess whether or not the time was well spent: if I can collect at least three or four…

International Anti-Corruption Day

12 December 2012. International Anti-Corruption Day was celebrated on 9 December around the world. Here a few activities convened by UNCAC Coalition members to mark the day: In Afghanistan, the Afghan Anti-Corruption Network (AACN) held, for the first time…

Civil society recommendations in reaction to new G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan 2013–2014

10 December 2012. To the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Canada. Dear Co-Chairs of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, We are encouraged by your commitment to “closing the implementation and enforcement gap“—as stated in the new…

World Anti-Corruption Day – Time for Nigeria to Get Its Act Together and Save Itself from International Opprobrium

9 December 2012. By resolution 58/4 of October 31, 2003, the UN General Assembly designated December 9 as International Anti-Corruption Day. This decision aimed to raise people’s awareness of corruption and of the role of the United Nations Convention against…

Ahead of Anti-Corruption Day, GFI Reviews the Major Developments of 2012

Washington DC, 7 December 2012, Global Financial Integrity. This post was originally published on the Global Financial Integrity website. As the world observes International Anti-Corruption Day this Sunday, December 9, 2012, Global Financial Integrity highlighted some of the most notable…

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